Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P: Form 8.3 - Shire PLC

Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P: Form 8.3 - Shire PLC
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Identity of the person whose Elliott Capital Advisors, L.P.
positions/dealings are being disclosed: (for itself and related general
partners and investment managers)
(b) Owner or controller of interests and Elliott International, L.P.
short positions disclosed, if different from Elliott Associates, L.P.
1(a): Liverpool Limited Partnership
The naming of nominee or vehicle
companies is insufficient
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to Shire Plc
whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each
offeror/offeree
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with
an offeror/offeree, state this and specify
identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 22^nd July 2014
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, Yes, Abbvie Inc
or are they today disclosing, under the Code
in respect of any other party to this offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the
offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if
any)
Class of relevant security: Ordinary
shares: JE00B2QKY057
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or 6,427,648 1.0903%
controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than options): 3,898,500 0.6613%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 10,326,148 1.7516%
Class of relevant security: (Note: One DR = Three x 5p Ordinary Shares)
Depositary Receipts over
Ordinary Shares ("DRs") :
US82481R1068
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled:
(2) Derivatives (other than 567,365 DR's 0.2887%
options): (Representing 1,702,095
Voting rights)
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 567,365 DR's 0.2887%
(Representing 1,702,095
Voting rights)
Aggregate Holdings of Voting Rights over Ordinary Shares Interests %
and DRs
TOTAL: 12,028,243 2.0403%
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or agreements to purchase
or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open
Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and
other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
Ordinary Purchase 82,297 GBP 49.5968
ADR Purchase 197,000 USD 254.3293
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price
relevant description e.g. opening/closing a long/short reference per
security e.g. CFD position, increasing/reducing a securities unit
long/short position
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, securities price e.g. date money
security e.g. call selling, to which per unit American, paid/
option varying option European received
etc. relates etc. per unit
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Number of Exercise price per
security e.g. call option securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, applicable)
conversion
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person
making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in
concert with a party to the offer:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 23^rd July 2014
Contact name: Michael Cross
Telephone number: 0203 009 1305
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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